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People take part in a demonstration a day after a man identified as Alex Pretti was fatally shot by federal immigration agents trying to detain him, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S., January 25, 2026. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton

Bovino to leave Minneapolis as Trump reshuffles leadership of immigration crackdown

Border Patrol commander drew condemnation for claiming man killed by ICE agents had been planning to ‘massacre’ law enforcement officers

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England fans show their support during the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 quarter final match between England and France in Al Khor, Qatar, on Dec. 10, 2022. Canada is hosting 13 World Cup matches in Toronto and Vancouver this summer.

Immigration Department on alert for asylum claims during World Cup

Officials warn ticketholders could be refused visas or turned away by border agents

Marie Woolf

4 min read

The federal government announced the Canada-wide Early Learning and Child Care program in its 2021 budget. It was intended to prioritize the creation of spaces in non-profit daycares.

National $10-a-day child-care program expected to miss target, report says

The country will be about 90,000 spaces short of its goal of 284,000 spots by this spring, according to the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives

Dave McGinn

4 min read

To probe the cosmos, hundreds of radio dishes take root in B.C.’s Okanagan Valley

CHORD, once built, will scour for signals that offer clues to the origin and fate of the universe

Ivan Semeniuk and Photography by Aaron Hemens

12 min read

Toronto digs out after a record snowfall

Storm closes schools, snarls traffic, impairs transit service – but thrills tobogganers

6 min read

BDC targets rockets, semiconductors as first investments under new defence strategy

Crown corporation taps into seed venture fund to support Sherbrooke-based Irréversible Inc. and Toronto-based Canada Rocket Company

Pippa Norman

3 min read

Uganda opposition leader and National Unity Platform presidential candidate Robert Kyagulanyi arrives to casts his ballot in Kampala on Jan. 15. Mr. Kyagulanyi came in second in the election, and escaped from house arrest on Jan. 17.

Ugandan opposition leader eludes arrest as manhunt grips country

Dozens have been killed and thousands arrested in the crackdown on opposition activists after the Jan. 15 election

Geoffrey York

3 min read

Toronto Maple Leafs' William Nylander (88) skates with the puck during second period NHL hockey action against the Vancouver Canucks in Toronto on Saturday, Jan. 10, 2026. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Frank Gunn

opinion

There’s no better representation of the Leafs’ relationship with Toronto than Nylander’s finger

The Leafs don’t work on behalf of their admirers – they suffer to abide them

Cathal Kelly

4 min read

Downtown Ottawa businesses eager for return of federal public servants

Ian Bailey

Pedestrians make their way along Sparks Street in Ottawa in November, 2021. Unions representing public servants have pushed back on calls for them to come into the office more often.

4 min read

Ryan Wedding pleads not guilty to charges of murder conspiracy and drug trafficking

Jesse Winter

Ryan Wedding, a Canadian former Olympic snowboarder accused of becoming a cocaine smuggling kingpin linked to multiple drug-related murders, is escorted by FBI agents as he arrives handcuffed at Ontario International Airport, in California, U.S., January 23, 2026, in this screengrab taken from video. FBI/Handout via REUTERS THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY

4 min read

Former Liberal cabinet minister Kirsty Duncan dies at 59 after battle with cancer

Kirsty Duncan is photographed in her office in Ottawa on Wednesday, July 11, 2018. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang

5 min read

Ex-FIFA president Sepp Blatter joins in calls for boycott of World Cup in United States

FILE - In this June 1, 2011, file photo, Sepp Blatter gestures during a press conference in Zurich, Switzerland. (AP Photo/Michael Probst, File)

2 min read

MP Chak Au tenders resignation from Richmond, B.C., city council

Emily Haws

Richmond Centre-Marpole MP-elect Chak Au, who also holds a seat on Richmond city council, listens as Athens Cheung, not seen, whose late husband Rev. Tom Cheung died in a fiery car crash at the Peace Arch border crossing in 2019, speaks during a family news conference with community advocates, in Richmond, B.C., on Friday, May 9, 2025. A provincial court judge dismissed a charge of dangerous driving against the Washington man who struck Cheung's vehicle, after being deemed not criminally responsible due to mental health reasons. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

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Canada spoke with Trump official to reassure U.S. that free trade deal with Beijing not in the works

Steven Chase and Jeff Gray

Trade talks between Canada and the U.S. are expected to be a key issue for businesses in 2026. Canadian and American flags fly near the Ambassador Bridge at the Canada/USA border crossing in Windsor, Ont. on Saturday, March 21, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Rob Gurdebeke

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BoC and Fed expected to hold interest rates steady as trade uncertainty continues

Mark Rendell

The Bank of Canada building is seen in Ottawa on Wednesday, Dec. 10, 2025. Keito Newman/The Globe and Mail

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Gazans hopeful border crossing will reopen as Israel recovers remains of last hostage

Hasan Jaber

(FILES) This picture taken on August 27, 2023 shows a view of the entrance of the Rafah border crossing with Egypt in the southern Gaza Strip. Israel said on January 26, 2026, it would only allow pedestrians to travel through the Rafah crossing between Gaza and Egypt as part of its "limited reopening" once it has recovered the remains of the last hostage in the Palestinian territory. (Photo by SAID KHATIB / AFP via Getty Images)

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Calian leads $100-million investment to build cross-country defence lab network

Pippa Norman

Calian CEO Patrick Houston at the company's Ottawa offices on Monday.

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How we live

Canada’s tax system puts low-income working seniors at a disadvantage, report finds

Guaranteed Income Supplement clawback should be reduced in certain cases, recommends Montreal Economic Institute

3 min read

Certain food preservatives tied to Type 2 diabetes and cancer risk, new studies find

Leslie Beck

High intakes of certain preservatives found in processed foods increase the likelihood of developing Type 2 diabetes and cancer, French findings suggest.

4 min read

Montreal couple with $425,000 income buys townhouse with a 28% down payment

Zahra Khozema

4 min read

opinion

Yes, teenagers need playgrounds too

Katherine Martinko

a skateboarder during a sunny winter afternoon at FDR Park in South Philadelphia, Monday, Jan. 28, 2019. (Jose F. Moreno/The Philadelphia Inquirer via AP)

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I’ve tried eight ‘dream jobs’ and still don’t know what I want

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Opinion

Should we do away with childhood vaccine mandates?

André Picard

4 min read

An old idea for North American trade would be bad for Canada

Drew Fagan

U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer attends a joint media conference during the EU trade ministers' meeting at the European Council building in Brussels on Monday, Nov. 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Omar Havana)

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In service to Canada, and our allies

The Editorial Board

Canadian soldiers carry the remains of three comrades killed in battle to a transport plane during a ceremony at Kandahar Air Field on Thursday Sept. 4, 2008. (Photo by Graeme Smith)

Story details: A frontal Taliban assault killed three soldiers and injured five, the worst losses for Canadian troops under direct fire in two years as insurgents grow bolder in their attacks on international forces. Military officials are still investigating how Corporal Andrew Grenon, 23, Cpl. Mike Seggie, 21, and Private Chad Horn, 21, were killed as they patrolled west of Kandahar city. But they have concluded the soldiers - who were weeks or just days from heading home - weren't victims of the kind of planted bomb that has inflicted the heaviest toll on Canada's troops.

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Canada prepares to go it alone on critical issues, a financial crimes agency is key

Jessica Davis

Prime Minister Mark Carney and Finance Minister François-Philippe Champagne make their way into the House of Commons for the tabling of the federal budget on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Nov. 4, 2025.

4 min read

How Canada can move away from its ‘whack-a-mole’ national security strategy

Richard B. Fadden

TORONTO, CANADA - JUNE 9: Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney greets Canadian troops of the 4th Canadian Division as he attends a tour of the Fort York Armoury on June 9, 2025 in Toronto, Canada. Prime Minister Carney has pledged to meet NATO's 2% spending pledge this year. (Photo by Cole Burston/Getty Images)

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Black laughter isn’t just about trauma, but about joy, too – and it lights the way for us all

Jay Pitter

Four young adults sharing Laugh on Subway, New York City, New York, USA, Angelo Rizzuto, Anthony Angel Collection, February 1959. (Photo by: Universal History Archive/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)

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Business & Finance

FILE PHOTO: A view of smelted gold bars at a smelting facility in Accra, Ghana August 22, 2024. REUTERS/Francis Kokoroko/File Photo

China’s Zijin Gold to acquire Canadian miner Allied Gold in $5.5-billion deal

Niall McGee

3 min read

Jeremy Andres left Chief Technology Officer. beard is Adam Keating, right, CEO of CoLab.
both cofounders. Handout

St. John’s venture capital firm Pelorus doubles down on homegrown tech startups after big wins

Sean Silcoff

4 min read

A sign tells the status of flights at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, Monday morning, Jan. 26, 2026, in Arlington, Va. (AP Photo/Julia Nikhinson)

Weekend storm hobbles airports with flurry of flight cancellations and delays

Eric Atkins

2 min read

analysis

How food inflation is making Canadians miserable

Headline inflation numbers since the pandemic look bad enough, but they pale in comparison to the increase in food prices

4 min read

This three-bedroom house is 200 metres from walking trails in southeast Calgary.

Calgary homeseller trims asking price to attract hesitant buyers

Sydnia Yu

2 min read

Canada is becoming a super-aged nation this year. Are we prepared?

Meera Raman

4 min read

Financial Facelift - (Jennifer Gauthier/The Globe and Mail)

Can Yasmin, 55, afford to buy a Vancouver condo without risking her financial security?

Dianne Maley

6 min read

Opinion and Analysis

Specialist Meric Greenbaum works at his post on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, as a television shows President Donald Trump speaking at the World Economic Forum, Wednesday, Jan. 21, 2026. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

opinion

Markets have proved resilient to Trump’s chaos. But investors should be ready for more

Rob Carrick

4 min read

U.S. Navy and Coast Guard boats patrol San Diego Bay in July, 2019.

opinion

Canadian companies can win the trade wars by being essential to the U.S. government

Andrew Willis

3 min read

An Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent raises a finger moments after detaining a man during an immigration raid, days after an ICE agent fatally shot Renee Nicole Good, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S., January 18, 2026. REUTERS/Leah Millis TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

opinion

Shame on Hootsuite for abandoning Canadian values in taking ICE contract

Dana Cramer

3 min read

Demonstrators hold signs during a protest outside the office of Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., on Monday, Jan. 26, 2026, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Adam Gray)

opinion

Why Minnesota CEOs feel the need to speak on the killings and unrest

Gus Carlson

4 min read

Life & Culture

AGO trustee, major donor Judy Schulich led internal push to prevent Nan Goldin acquisition

Some gallery committee members alleged Jewish-American artist’s views on Israel were ‘antisemitic’

The Art Gallery of Ontario, in Toronto, on Jan. 20.

Josh O’Kane

4 min read

A children’s museum dares to choose colour

Alex Bozikovic

The newly redesigned Hamilton Children’s Museum includes a 3,800-square-foot expansion.

3 min read

Little kids can play with makeup and skincare – and still know they’re beautiful without it

Amberly McAteer

Three young girls play with lipstick, applying bright colors on themselves and each other while smiling and enjoying their time together.

4 min read

Erectile dysfunction getting you down? Here are three things to know

Dr. Yan Yu

3:2 feature image for Ask A Doctor: Erectile dysfunction getting you down? Here are three things to know

4 min read

review

Christopher Alden’s politically aware Rigoletto returns to the Canadian Opera Company

Aisling Murphy

A scene from the Canadian Opera Company’s production of Rigoletto, 2018.

4 min read

Canada & World

B.C. Premier David Eby speaks at Teck Resources' Highland Valley Copper Mine, near Logan Lake, B.C., on Sept. 11, 2025.

B.C. Premier basks in mining expansions as sector proves to be important ally for NDP government

David Eby will address about 7,000 members of mineral-exploration industry Monday, expecting a warm welcome

4 min read

Tear gas is deployed amid protesters near the scene where Renee Good was fatally shot by an ICE officer last week, Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2026, in Minneapolis.(AP Photo/Adam Gray)

explainer

What to know about ICE, the U.S. federal immigration agency

4 min read

Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand speaks during an interview in her Office in Ottawa, on Monday, January 26, 2026. THE CANADIAN PRESS/ Patrick Doyle

Coast Guard patrol vessel headed to Greenland for opening of new consulate, Anand says

3 min read

Hundreds of people attend a rally to protect trans kids in Calgary, in February, 2024.

Advocacy groups to argue Alberta transgender legislation amounts to criminal prohibition

4 min read

Crime scene tape surrounds a soccer field the day after gunmen opened fire, killing and wounding people, in Salamanca, Mexico, Monday, Jan. 26, 2026. (AP Photo/Mario Armas)

Gunmen kill at least 11 after amateur soccer match in Mexico

3 min read

People walk in front a billboard with graphic showing a U.S aircraft carrier with damaged fighter jets on its deck, and sign reading in Farsi and English: "If you sow the wind, you'll reap whirlwind," at the Enqelab-e-Eslami (Islamic Revolution) square, in Tehran, Iran, Sunday, Jan. 25, 2026. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

At least 6,126 people killed in Iran’s crackdown on nationwide protests, activists say

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Kerry Gold
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Port Moody condo sells in two days as agent says buyers see a ‘good opportunity’ in the market
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Home of the Week: A shell of a house on a Lake Ontario beach
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